2009 Hamilton Reader’s Choice Awards

We are thrilled to announce that Royal Botanical Gardens has been nominated for three 2009 Hamilton Reader’s Choice Awards in the Tour Operators, Local Tourist Attraction and Summer Camp categories!

Show your support for RBG by visiting the link below and voting. The deadline to place your vote is Saturday, February 28 at midnight.

To vote:

• Log onto www.hamiltonreaderschoice.ca
• Register
• You will receive an email notification informing you to verify your email address
• Once verified, log into your account
• Click the Best Entertainment/Sports category
• Scroll down to “Tour Operators” “Local Tourist Attraction” (both listed as Royal Botanical Gardens) and “Summer Camp” (Listed as RBG Discover Camp)
• Select Royal Botanical Gardens and RBG Discovery Camp
• Click “Vote” at the bottom of the page

Thank you

Glass Under Glass Makes its Return to RBG

The third annual Glass under Glass exhibit will be running January 23 to March 29, 2009, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the Mediterranean Garden in RBG Centre (680 Plains Rd. W., Burlington, Ontario.)

The exhibit includes an expanded display of 100 shining examples of glass art created by Ontario artists and students studying glass art at Sheridan College Crafts and Design Program. All of the pieces featured are available for purchase.

Featured artists include:

Heather Buchanan and James Scultety, Robert and Lisa Buick, Maciej Dyszkiewicz, Julia Hillyer, Sheridan School of Craft and Design and many others.

For more information, please visit the official website.

Visitor Photographs

Over the past couple of weeks, some staff members have stumbled across some great photography from visitors to RBG.

Body, Soul and Spirit, a blog by Ruth, captures some great outdoor shots of her family enjoying playing on the ice and feeding the Chickadees at Laking Garden, Grindstone Creek and Sunfish Pond.

Madlycool paid a visit to RBG and enjoyed some time walking through the Mediterranean Garden and discovering some new and exotic plantlife, as well as exploring the EarthArt and SculptArt exhibits which are currently running at RBG Centre.

Head on over to Tom Flemming’s Flickr page and check out his photographs of RBG gradens and trails. Tom has six albums dedicated to Royal Botanical Gardens with very beautiful summer and winter shots.

Many thanks for snapping such wonderul photos of RBG and showcasing them on your sites!

RBG and I Wear Your Shirt

Royal Botanical Gardens is thrilled to be partnering with Jason Sadler of I Wear Your Shirt, in 2009.

 

Jason will be joining in the RBG festivities April 17 – 22 to take part in the Backyard Monsters exhibit, and to help promote the 2009 Bloom Celebrations.

I Wear Your Shirt is a simple concept, each day of the year is priced at face value, where January 1 is $1 and December 31 is $365. Absolutely anyone can book a day or two (or even a whole month) and Jason will wear your shirt, write a blog, and take some pictures and videos of himself wearing the shirt you sent while he goes about his daily routine.

Be sure to come by and visit the Backyard Monsters exhibit and say hello to Jason while he is joining in the fun at RBG.

If you would like more information about I Wear Your Shirt, or would like to book some calendar time, please visit the official site, www.iwearyourshirt.com.

To get a sneak peek at the Backyard Monsters exhibit that will be here from February – April, please visit www.backyardmonsters.com.